Chrissy Teigen Vs. Ina Garten: Whose Tomato Soup Is Better?

Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past couple years, you've probably heard a thing or two about Chrissy Teigen and her love for cooking. Her Instagram stories are full of all her cooking adventures and now she has not just one, but two beautiful cookbooks to prove she knows a thing or two. In her newest book, Cravings: Hungry For More, she has so many amazing recipes that I'm dying to try. This tomato soup with parmesan crisps was at the top of the list.

When it comes to cooking, Ina needs no introduction. She is the epitome of classic, comforting cooking and a household name. Watching her cook with such grace and ease can make anyone feel they are prepared to host a 20 person dinner party with all classic French dishes. Needless to say, she's probably done that IN France.

So how would their tomato soups compare?

CHRISSY'S RECIPE

To be honest, Chrissy's soup sounds pretty basic. It has the usual ingredients - tomato, onion, and cream. Nothing shocking comes up in the ingredient list except maybe sugar. Not always included, but it helps with the overall acidity of tomato soup and is always a welcomed addition.

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She does call for canned whole tomatoes that you crush yourself, which is our Senior Food Editor, Lauren's, least favorite thing to call for. Why not just call for crushed tomatoes? At least she offers up a nice little hack to cut them up in the can with scissors.

After simmering all of your ingredients everything gets blended together to create a smooth soup, which is what most people are looking for when it comes to tomato soup. A little cream is added to make it a bit silkier and makes it feel more decadent.

Chrissy pairs hers with some simple parmesan crisps. Literally just two ingredients: Parmesan and pepper and they only take about 6 minutes in the oven. Verdict was out for these on some of our taste testers. Some really liked them while a couple were really confused about them. I say, what's not to love? It's a cheese chip!

For someone as classic as Ina her tomato soup isn't that classic. Calling for both saffron and orzo makes her soup stand out a little from the rest, especially Chrissy's.

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Most saw the orzo in the soup and found that intriguing. Thinking it would make heartier and more of meal, it sounded kind of nice. She calls for it to be par-cooked before finishing in the soup which just sounded annoying to have to use another pot.

Her saffron was the really interesting part. An expensive product for such a humble soup, she calls for pinch. A "pinch" can vary person to person. My pinch must be larger than her's because the saffron was a little too overwhelming. It stood out more than I think she intended which wasn't a good thing.

The best part about Ina's recipe though? Her grilled cheese croutons! A genius topping for tomato soup. She calls for grilling it between a panini press and let's be real, most of us don't have a panini press. We simply grilled our and they came out perfect.

THE VERDICT

Chrissy wins! Her more classic approach won over the taste buds of the Delish team. The saffron and orzo proved to be too much and most though a grilled cheese with orzo was too much carb for a soup (fair point).

Most everyone agreed that they would prefer the grilled cheese croutons paired with Chrissy's soup and then it would really be a match made in heaven.

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